Will Mayer's Pregnancy Affect Role as Yahoo CEO?

7/17/2012 2:37PM

While some believe new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's pregnancy will not affect her ability to lead, WSJ's Nikki Waller and Francesca Donner visit Mean Street and think it's going to be a lot more complicated than Mayer and Yahoo indicate. Reuters photo.

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... I ... the ... the figure she's thirty seven years old ... basically been selected Google ... now when the CEO at Yahoo and of course ... the most testing is the ... last twenty four hours has been the fact that she's pregnant six months pregnant fact ... protested on him ... Nicky wire of the law Street Journal here to talk to us about that that's what he thing can she pull this off or not ... she seems to think that all ... and doubtless seen sitting Senseo she said that the board members had no problem with that ... um but Francesca Nini Renmin and drinkers keep your in the Journal and we both had Kade and I said this is really like rats with a pedigree these songs and the thrill of you that I this conversation earlier you guys ... aam ... this is not easy stuff ... it's not easy stuff to ... talk about and the easy stuff to manage ... it has a working mother working mothers both of you ... can she year can Shiite sentiment sexism and in your voice to me ... well it's true that this can be hard work and I think that I Mercer has not actually have the child before so this is her first child in there certain things that you cannot predict before the first time comes along that will suck the projects that you think you can manage ... and funny that baby in there and screaming about how much hope you have as a parent you really need to be ... that in the hands on ... um vs and she talked about of whacking it ... pretty much consistently through her maternity leave ... which is a fine decision considering the project that she had to head ... on but I think that ... um no amount of soda the anticipation Corporation can really get you ready for hobbling jacket on but in a given that the league examples just tell people on your screen to ... screen says you guys ... had reporting ... what we did not looking looking to how long that rate the thinking didn't you had called either one of us three weeks after having a baby and assets to turn around the aisle who for instance on the next color and in eighteen oh IBB you go into ... having a child with a lot of expectations um ... I think for my leaving think we we often laugh about the things that you plan to do on the lead plan to learn French and click Mac or by having meals everyday and even if it ... were a lot of yoga pants in its ... pre much fun to catch the eye my husband came home so ... the utilities and you don't know what it's going to be late on at the same time and ... she's ... taking on a company that needs a turnaround on so what this means for EI who is also the question we don't know how we're trying to come please or feeling about ... this kind of ominous words ... why can't a woman ... to help it to someone who probably in inevitably has ... say two or three nannies at least taking care of this trial and a husband who's probably didn't take a ... survey of the second rolling from in terms of Korea ... I think there's any doubt that she can do it all ... but the question is an even think about it this way yet the woman is not going to get as much secrecy have beforehand even if she has Thierry Nanny's on those kiddos we joked about not great ... add the book the mind is if you are waking up at four in the morning every night eventually it drains on you and ... it is getting fixed consecutive hours of sleep is very different from getting three hours of sleep and then three hours of sleep than I think that you know in order to be prepared in and ... come from or where they everyday fully awake if the baby hog ... the snow around ... Christmas ... the two ways about it and that's how many Nanny's you have and I think frankly ... as the Journal reporting is shown there's never been a woman who's been ... simultaneously ... pregnant anime CEO of big company like this in profits in women with children most women and children ... an avid two things at once right we'll see if it passes the may be gusting up to the right point which is ... you don't fret about the baby's health or maybe Stinky but maybe it's about Yahoo which independents ... and numbers being CEO of the tougher ...